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Humanoid robot startups have bragged they'll ship or test thousands of robots by the year's end. So where are they?
Robotics

When You Read the Fine Print, Humanoid Robots Are Going Absolutely Nowhere

An all-capable robo-butler, coming to households soon? We wouldn't hold our breath.

First theorized in 1963 by a Polish SciFi author, smart dust is now a real life technology with major implications.
Robotics

Scientists Working on “Smart Dust” That Can Spy on a Room While Drifting Throught the Air

Is anyone else itchy?

SpaceX may start launching Starships from Cape Canaveral — and the nudists who flock to a nearby clothing-optional beach are none too pleased.
SpaceX

Nudists Declare War on SpaceX

"The turtles and the nudists will have to migrate."

OpenAI claims to have figured out what's driving "hallucinations," or AI models' strong tendency to make up answers that are incorrect.
OpenAI

OpenAI Realizes It Made a Terrible Mistake

It's "working hard" to correct it.

Elon Musk is now so toxic, even those who tuned in regularly to watch SpaceX launches have changed the channel.
Elon Musk

People Who Loved Watching SpaceX Launches Can’t Stomach Them Anymore Since Elon Musk Started Being So Horrible

"A considerable part of the space fandom is experiencing a specific kind of grief."

Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll
Future Society

Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll

"The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord."

A pretrial hearing for two members of the militant vegan, AI-fearing cult known as the Zizians devolved into pandemonium on day one.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Murder Cult Hearing Devolves Into Courtroom Chaos

"Where have the good men gone? Where are the gods?"

Director James Gunn quipped in a Threads post that "it would be weird to cast an AI Batman with a 14 inch arm."
Artificial Intelligence

James Gunn Slams AI-Generated Batman

"That's some grade A premium snark."

The podcast grift economy is bringing tabloid-y, sensationalist drama to the world of theoretical physics.
Physics

Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong

"How dare you."

An elderly woman in Japan sent thousands of dollars to a trickster who claimed to be an astronaut trapped in space.
Future Society

Woman Sends Money to “Stranded Astronaut” So He Can “Buy Oxygen”

"In space on a spaceship right now."

In a world first, Albania's prime minister has appointed an AI to a government official position in hopes of rooting out corruption.
Artificial Intelligence

Albania Appoints an AI as Government Official

"This is not science fiction."

The gas station clerk heroically intervened to stop the old ladies from losing their money — but had to take drastic measures.
Bitcoin

Heroic Gas Station Clerk Realizes Elderly Women Are Being Scammed at the Bitcoin ATM, Unplugs It to Save Them

Bitcoin ATMs: a hive of scum and villainy.

Flowing water suggests that water ice may have survived in the asteroid for longer than what was thought possible.
Astronomy

Scientists Find Evidence of Flowing Water on Giant Asteroid

"This changes how we think about the long-term fate of water in asteroids."

A video leaked to Congress shows a strange, orb-like UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from a Reaper drone — and the object keeps going.
Off-World

Leaked Video Shows US Military Shooting UFO With Hellfire Missile

"What the hell is that?"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is seemingly just noticing that the internet feels fake and is being overrun with bots and AI.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Concerned That the Whole Internet Now Feels Fake as AI Takes Over

"I assume it's all fake/bots."

The signal, a gamma ray burst, kept repeating — which has never been seen before, and, according to astronomers, should be impossible.
Off-World

Scientists Say They Can’t Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy

This shouldn't be possible.

Scientists in South Korea have modified a glue gun to generate bone grafts and print them directly onto fractures in animals.
Prosthetics and Devices

Doctors Modify Hot Glue Gun to Stick Broken Bones Back Together

Glue guns can be used for a lot more than just arts and crafts.

Some of AI's most devoted acolytes are growing increasingly frustrated as the tech fails to deliver as expected.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Are Obsessed With AI, But Their Pushes to Use It Keep Ending in Disaster

"They recognize it's less about the technology, and more about the willingness to truly reinvent the work, the workforce."

Asking OpenAI's ChatGPT if there's a seahorse emoji causes the AI chatbot to suffer an epic, existential meltdown.
OpenAI

ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji

Wait, there's no seahorse emoji, right? Right?

Researchers have found that human stem cells are constantly under stress in the microgravity of space, activating the "dark genome."
Genetics

When Astronauts Enter Space, a “Dark Genome” Activates in Their DNA

Their cells are sent into a "death spiral."